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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1442

To provide for the professional development of elementary and secondary

school teachers.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 27, 1999

Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To provide for the professional development of elementary

and secondary school teachers.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Professional Development Reform Act’’.

6 (b) AMENDMENTS.—Title II of the Elementary and

7 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et

8 seq.) is amended—

9 (1) by redesignating part E as part F; and

10 (2) by inserting after part D the following:
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1 ‘‘PART E—PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2 ‘‘SEC. 2351. PURPOSES.

3 ‘‘The purposes of this part are as follows:

4 ‘‘(1) To improve the academic achievement of

5 students by providing every student with a well-pre6 pared teacher.

7 ‘‘(2) To provide every new teacher with struc8 tured support, including a qualified and trained

9 mentor, to facilitate the transition into successful

10 teaching.

11 ‘‘(3) To ensure that every teacher is given the

12 assistance, tools, and professional development op13 portunities, throughout the teacher’s career, to help

14 the teacher teach to the highest academic standards

15 and help students succeed.

16 ‘‘(4) To provide training to prepare and support

17 principals to serve as instructional leaders and to

18 work with teachers to create a school climate that

19 fosters excellence in teaching and learning.

20 ‘‘(5) To transform, strengthen, and improve

21 professional development from a fragmented, one22 shot approach to sustained, high quality, and inten23 sive activities that—

24 ‘‘(A) are collaborative, content-centered,

25 standards-based, results-driven, and embedded

26 in the daily work of the school;
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1 ‘‘(B) allow teachers regular opportunities

2 to practice and reflect upon their teaching and

3 learning; and

4 ‘‘(C) are responsive to teacher needs.

5 ‘‘SEC. 2252. DEFINITIONS.

6 ‘‘In this part:

7 ‘‘(1) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—The

8 term ‘professional development’ means effective pro9 fessional development that—

10 ‘‘(A) is sustained, high quality, intensive,

11 and comprehensive;

12 ‘‘(B) is content-centered, collaborative,

13 school-embedded, tied to practice, focused on

14 student work, supported by research, and

15 aligned with and designed to help elementary

16 school or secondary school students meet chal17 lenging State content standards and challenging

18 State student performance standards;

19 ‘‘(C) includes structured induction activi20 ties that provide ongoing and regular support to

21 new teachers in the initial years of their ca22 reers;

23 ‘‘(D) includes sustained in-service activities

24 to improve elementary school or secondary

25 school teaching in the core academic subjects,
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1 to integrate technology into the curriculum, to

2 improve understanding and the use of student

3 assessments, to improve classroom management

4 skills, to address the specific needs of diverse

5 students, including limited English proficient

6 students, individuals with disabilities, and eco7 nomically disadvantaged individuals, and to en8 courage and provide instruction on how to work

9 with and involve parents to foster student

10 achievement; and

11 ‘‘(E) includes sustained onsite training op12 portunities that provide active learning and ob13 servational opportunities for elementary school

14 or secondary school teachers to model effective

15 practice.

16 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘adminis17 trator’ means a school principal or superintendent.

18 ‘‘SEC. 2353. STATE ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.

19 ‘‘From the amount appropriated under section 2361

20 that is not reserved under section 2360 for a fiscal year,

21 the Secretary shall make an allotment to each State edu22 cational agency having an application approved under sec23 tion 2354 in an amount that bears the same relation to

24 the amount appropriated under section 2361 that is not

25 reserved under section 2360 for the fiscal year as the
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1 amount the State educational agency received under part

2 A of title I for the fiscal year bears to the amount received

3 under such part by all States for the fiscal year.

4 ‘‘SEC. 2354. STATE APPLICATIONS.

5 ‘‘Each State educational agency desiring an allotment

6 under section 2353 for a fiscal year shall submit to the

7 Secretary an application at such time, in such manner,

8 and accompanied by such information as the Secretary

9 may require. The application shall include—

10 ‘‘(1) a description of the strategy to be used to

11 implement State activities described in section 2355;

12 ‘‘(2) a description of how the State educational

13 agency will assist local educational agencies in trans14 forming, strengthening, and improving professional

15 development;

16 ‘‘(3) a description of how the activities de17 scribed in section 2355 and the assistance described

18 in paragraph (2) will assist the State in achieving

19 the State’s goals for comprehensive education re20 form, will help all students meet challenging State

21 content standards and challenging State student

22 performance standards, and will help all teachers

23 meet State standards for teaching excellence;

24 ‘‘(4) a description of the manner in which the

25 State educational agency will ensure, consistent with
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1 the State’s comprehensive education reform plan

2 policies, or statutes, that funds provided under this

3 part will be effectively coordinated with all Federal

4 and State professional development funds and activi5 ties, including funds and activities under this title,

6 titles I, III, VI, and VII, title II of the Higher Edu7 cation Act of 1965, section 307 of the Department

8 of Education Appropriations Act, 1999, and the

9 Goals 2000: Educate America Act; and

10 ‘‘(5) a description of—

11 ‘‘(A) how the State educational agency will

12 collect and utilize data for evaluation of the ac13 tivities carried out by local educational agencies

14 under this part, including collecting baseline

15 data in order to measure changes in the profes16 sional development opportunities provided to

17 teachers and measure improvements in teaching

18 practice and student performance; and

19 ‘‘(B) the specific performance measures

20 the State educational agency will use to deter21 mine the need for technical assistance described

22 in section 2355(2) and to make a continuation

23 of funding determination under section 2358.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2355. STATE ACTIVITIES.

2 ‘‘From the amount allotted to a State educational

3 agency under section 2353 for a fiscal year, the State edu4 cational agency—

5 ‘‘(1) shall reserve not more than 5 percent to

6 support, directly or through grants to or contracts

7 with institutions of higher education, educational

8 nonprofit organizations, professional associations of

9 administrators, or other entities that are responsive

10 to the needs of administrators and teachers, pro11 grams that—

12 ‘‘(A) provide effective leadership training—

13 ‘‘(i) to encourage highly qualified indi14 viduals to become administrators; and

15 ‘‘(ii) to develop and enhance instruc16 tional leadership, school management, par17 ent involvement, mentoring, and staff eval18 uation skills of administrators; and

19 ‘‘(B) provide effective leadership and men20 tor training—

21 ‘‘(i) to encourage highly qualified and

22 effective teachers to become mentors; and

23 ‘‘(ii) to develop and enhance the men24 toring and peer coaching skills of such

25 qualified and effective teachers;
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1 ‘‘(2) may reserve not more than 2 percent for

2 providing technical assistance and dissemination of

3 information to schools and local educational agencies

4 to help the schools and local educational agencies

5 implement effective professional development activi6 ties that are aligned with challenging State content

7 standards, challenging State student performance

8 standards, and State standards for teaching excel9 lence; and

10 ‘‘(3) may reserve not more than 2 percent for

11 evaluating the effectiveness of the professional devel12 opment provided by schools and local educational

13 agencies under this part in improving teaching prac14 tice, increasing the academic achievement of stu15 dents, and helping students meet challenging State

16 content standards and challenging State student

17 performance standards, and for administrative costs.

18 ‘‘SEC. 2356. LOCAL PROVISIONS.

19 ‘‘(a) ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN20 CIES.—Each State educational agency receiving an allot21 ment under section 2353 for a fiscal year shall make an

22 allocation from the allotted funds that are not reserved

23 under section 2355 for the fiscal year to each local edu24 cational agency in the State that is eligible to receive as25 sistance under part A of title I for the fiscal year in an
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1 amount that bears the same relation to the allotted funds

2 that are not reserved under section 2355 as the amount

3 the local educational agency received under such part for

4 the fiscal year bears to the amount all local educational

5 agencies in all States received under such part for the fis6 cal year.

7 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—Each local educational agency

8 desiring a grant under this part shall submit an applica9 tion to the State educational agency at such time, in such

10 manner, and accompanied by such information as the

11 State educational agency may require. The application

12 shall include—

13 ‘‘(1) a description of how the local educational

14 agency plans—

15 ‘‘(A) to work with schools served by the

16 local educational agency that are described in

17 section 2357 to carry out the local activities de18 scribed in section 2357; and

19 ‘‘(B) to meet the purposes described in

20 section 2351;

21 ‘‘(2) a description of the manner in which the

22 local educational agency will ensure that—

23 ‘‘(A) the grant funds will be used—

24 ‘‘(i) to provide teachers with the

25 knowledge and skills necessary to teach
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1 students to be proficient or advanced in

2 challenging State content standards and

3 challenging State student performance

4 standards, and any local education reform

5 plans or policies; and

6 ‘‘(ii) to help teachers meet standards

7 for teaching excellence; and

8 ‘‘(B) funds provided under this part will be

9 effectively coordinated with all Federal, State,

10 and local professional development funds and

11 activities;

12 ‘‘(3) a description of the local educational agen13 cy’s strategy for—

14 ‘‘(A) selecting and training highly qualified

15 mentors (utilizing teachers certified by the Na16 tional Board for Professional Teaching Stand17 ards and teachers granted advanced certifi18 cation as a master or mentor teacher by the

19 State, where possible), for matching such men20 tors (from the new teachers’ teaching dis21 ciplines) with the new teachers; and

22 ‘‘(B) providing release time for the teach23 ers (utilizing highly qualified substitute teach24 ers and high quality retired teachers, where

25 possible);
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1 ‘‘(4) a description of how the local educational

2 agency will collect and analyze data on the quality

3 and impact of activities carried out in schools under

4 this part, and the specific performance measures the

5 local educational agency will use in the local edu6 cational agency’s evaluation process;

7 ‘‘(5) a description of the local educational agen8 cy’s plan to develop and carry out the activities de9 scribed in section 2357 with the extensive participa10 tion of administrators, teachers, parents, and the

11 partnering institution described in section 2357(4);

12 and

13 ‘‘(6) a description of the local educational agen14 cy’s strategy to ensure that there is schoolwide par15 ticipation in the schools to be served.

16 ‘‘SEC. 2357. LOCAL ACTIVITIES.

17 ‘‘Each local educational agency receiving an alloca18 tion under this part shall use the allocation to carry out

19 professional development activities in schools served by the

20 local educational agency that have the highest percentages

21 of students living in poverty, as measured in accordance

22 with section 1113(a)(5), including—

23 ‘‘(1) mentoring, team teaching, and peer obser24 vation and coaching;
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1 ‘‘(2) dedicated time for collaborative lesson

2 planning and curriculum development meetings;

3 ‘‘(3) consultation with exemplary teachers and

4 short- and long-term visits to other classrooms and

5 schools;

6 ‘‘(4) partnering with institutions of higher edu7 cation and, where appropriate, educational nonprofit

8 organizations, for joint efforts in designing the sus9 tained professional development opportunities, for

10 providing advanced content area courses and other

11 assistance to improve the content knowledge and

12 pedagogical practices of teachers, and, where appro13 priate, for providing training to address areas of

14 teacher and administrator shortages;

15 ‘‘(5) providing release time (including com16 pensation for mentor teachers and substitute teach17 ers as necessary) for activities described in this sec18 tion; and

19 ‘‘(6) developing professional development net20 works, through Internet links, where available,

21 that—

22 ‘‘(A) provide a forum for interaction

23 among teachers and administrators; and

24 ‘‘(B) allow the exchange of information re25 garding advances in content and pedagogy.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2358. CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.

2 ‘‘Each local educational agency or school that re3 ceives funding under this part shall be eligible to continue

4 to receive the funding after the third year the local edu5 cational agency or school receives the funding if the local

6 educational agency or school demonstrates that the local

7 educational agency or school has—

8 ‘‘(1) improved student performance;

9 ‘‘(2) increased participation in sustained profes10 sional development; and

11 ‘‘(3) made significant progress toward at least

12 1 of the following:

13 ‘‘(A) Reducing the number of out-of-field

14 placements and teachers with emergency cre15 dentials.

16 ‘‘(B) Improving teaching practice.

17 ‘‘(C) Reducing the new teacher attrition

18 rate for the local educational agency or school.

19 ‘‘(D) Increasing partnerships and linkages

20 with institutions of higher education.

21 ‘‘SEC. 2359. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

22 ‘‘Funds made available under this part shall be used

23 to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and

24 local funds expended to carry out activities relating to

25 teacher programs or professional development.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 2360. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

2 ‘‘(a) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve not

3 more than 5 percent of the amount appropriated under

4 section 2361 for each fiscal year for the national evalua5 tion described in subsection (b) and the dissemination ac6 tivities described in subsection (c).

7 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL EVALUATION.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide

9 for an annual, independent, national evaluation of

10 the activities assisted under this part not later than

11 3 years after the date of enactment of the Profes12 sional Development Reform Act. The evaluation

13 shall include information on the impact of the activi14 ties assisted under this part on student performance.

15 ‘‘(2) STATE REPORTS.—Each State receiving an

16 allotment under this part shall submit to the Sec17 retary the results of the evaluation described under

18 section 2355(3).

19 ‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary

20 annually shall submit to Congress a report that de21 scribes the information in the national evaluation

22 and the State reports.

23 ‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall collect

24 and broadly disseminate information (including creating

25 and maintaining a national database or clearinghouse) to

26 help States, local educational agencies, schools, teachers,
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1 and institutions of higher education learn about effective

2 professional development policies, practices, and pro3 grams, data projections of teacher and administrator sup4 ply and demand, and available teaching and administrator

5 opportunities.

6 ‘‘SEC. 2361. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

8 this part $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and such

9 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001

10 through 2004.’’.

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